New and improved Doris

Doris (my brand new Lady Valet dressform) is fab. I love her to bits. But her boobs just aren’t big enough. When she arrived this week I measured myself and faithfully dialled those measurements onto Doris. I proudly showed her off to hubby and said “look – she’s the same shape as me now”.

“Actually, she’s not” he said “you’re not that shape at all”. Well, I suppose he would know.

I measured myself again and checked against Doris’s dials. Everything seemed to be correct so what was the problem?

Then I realised – I’m an E cup and poor old Doris is about a B. The measurements were right but the curves weren’t. What to do?

Do what any self-respecting girl does – get a padded bra!

By the way – that rotten velvet bodice has been reconciled to the carrier bag. I genuinely don’t think I’ll ever be able to sew with velvet again.